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UNITED NATIONS

CENTRE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT In collaboration with

Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan

Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and

United Nations Office for Sustainable Development

TENTH REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT (EST) FORUM IN ASIA,

14-16 MARCH 2017, VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Environmentally Sustainable Transport – Connecting to Implement of Paris Agreement on Climate

Change in Lao PDR

(Presentation for EST Plenary Session 1 the Provisional Programme)

Final Draft

------------------------------------- This presentation has been prepared by Mr. Syamphone Sengchandala, Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Lao PDR for the Tenth Regional EST Forum

in Asia. The views expressed herein are those of the author only and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations.

Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the

Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or

boundaries.

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Laos Preparation to Implement the Paris Agreement

Presented by: Syamphone Sengchandala Deputy Director General

Department of Disaster Management and Climate Change Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)

Outline

• Overview of Paris Agreement (PA); • Laos Ratified the Paris Agreement • Emission From Transport Sector and Transport

Sector in Paris Agreement • Laos Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

(INDC/NDC) • Key Activities for implementing INDC and Paris

Agreement of Laos

Paris Agreement (PA)

Foundation for a new climate regime; 29 articles of the Agreement; Adopted in Paris on 12th December

2015; Required entry into force : required

double criteria (55 parties & 55% of total global GHG emissions);

Entry into force on 04 November 2016;

December, 2015

At COP 21, the Paris Agreement adopted

22 April, 2016

The Paris Agreement open for signing

21 April, 2017

Deadline for signing

The Paris Agreement will be open for signing for a year.

Parties can join by signing the Agreement and depositing their respective instruments of ratification, acceptance, or approval. There is no deadline for submitting the instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval.

The Paris Agreement will be open for accession.

Parties can join by accession.

November, 2016

COP 22

2018

Facilitative dialogue

2023

First global stocktake

Enter into force when at least 55 Parties accounting in total for at least 55 percent of the total GHG emissions have deposited their instruments

Paris Agreement Timeline

Paris Agreement Implications

• Balanced & hybrid legally binding outcome

• Political agreement among 195 state parties

• Different legal nature of obligations : NDCs process

and implementation, national targets, finance, etc.

• Ensures flexibility and broad participation

• Self-differentiation taking into account CBDR/RC in

light of different national circumstances

• Sets a global long-term goal sending strong signal

• Temperature goal (2℃ / 1.5℃)

• Peaking / balance between global emissions and

removals

Paris Agreement Implications (Cont.,)

• Establishes ambitious rule-based mechanism

• Global stocktake every 5 years / progression of

ambition

• Focuses on mobilizing climate finance

• $100 billion goal to be extended through to 2025

• Encourages expansion of the donor base

• Opens the door for a market based mechanism

• Internationally transferred mitigation outcomes

(ITMOs)

• Mechanism to contribute to mitigation & support

sustainable development

Overview Implementation Flow Under PA

efficiency

Laos Ratified the Paris Agreement

The Lao Government ratified the PA and submitted its instrument of ratification to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during his participation in the 8th ASEAN-United Nations Summit in Vientiane on 7 September 2016;

Laos is the first country in ASEAN ratified the PA (no. 27th).

MONRE/MOFA

Prime Minister’s Office Government Meeting

National Assembly Standing Committee Meeting

President

Key Steps of the Paris Agreement Propose to Ratify the Paris Agreement in Laos

Emissions From Transport Sector

• Transport represented 23%

of global CO2 emissions in

2013

• CO2 emissions from road are driving the growth of transport emissions

Source : IEA

Emissions From Transport Sector (Cont.,)

• One of the fastest growing sectors of CO2 emissions

• 8.7 Gt in 2012 12 Gt in 2050

(without aggressive and sustained mitigation

policies)

• At the same time, it offers considerable potential for mitigation • 15-40% reduction of CO2 from transport sector

baseline growth is plausible by 2050 (IPCC)

Transport sector is key to meeting the climate target

Transport Sector in Paris Agreement

• UNFCCC Article 4 Paragraph 1(c)

• All Parties shall … Promote and cooperate in the development,

application and diffusion, including transfer, of technologies,

practices and processes that control, reduce or prevent

anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases not controlled

by the Montreal Protocol in all relevant sectors, including the

energy, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry and waste

management sectors;

• However, transport is not explicitly mentioned in the Paris

outcomes

• Mention on international aviation and shipping was removed

from the text during the negotiations

Transport Sector in Paris Agreement (Cont.,)

• Nonetheless, Paris outcome will shift the transport sector

through:

• Each country’s implementation of its INDC

• Among the 163 INDCs submitted as of Feb 2017

• Continued support from the Lima-Paris Action Agenda

(LPAA)

• 15 transport initiatives presented at COP21 “Transport Day”

• (e.g.) Mobilize Your City initiative : 100 cities engaged

in sustainable urban mobility planning to reduce GHG

emissions

• COP21 decision : continue to build on the LPAA process

Lao PDR Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)

Laos INDC included:

1. Mitigation;

2. Adaptation;

GHG Mitigation Options

Implementation of Forest Strategy, 2020

Forest cover 70%

69.183.340 tCO2e by 2020

Implementation of Renewable Energy Development Strategy

Increase the share of total consumption 30% by 2025; For transport fuels, meet 10% of the

demand by 2025

478.000.000 tCO2e from 2015 to 2020; and 770.000.000 from

2020 to 2025

GHG Mitigation Options

Implementation of Rural Electrification Programme

Electricity available to 90% of households in rural area by the year 2020 630.180 tC02 from 2010 to 2020

GHG Mitigation Options

Implementation of identified Transport NAMAs

Better road networks: 32.746tCO2/person/year Improve public bus service: 158.343tCO2/person/year

GHG Mitigation Options

Develop large scale of hydropower

To develop larger 15 MW to neighbor countries up to 2020

16,284.074.5 tCO2 (2020)

GHG Mitigation Options

Promote Technologies to Reduce Methane emission

Agriculture Sector

Promote the use of bio-gas and Biomass

Agriculture Sector

Forestry and Land Use Change

Promote Clean Energy

Energy

Improve energy efficiency and energy use

Industry

Waste water treatment

Biomass Burning

Promote public transportation and low carbon transport

Transport and Urban Development

Waste Management

Next step for implementing INDC and Paris Agreement of Laos

1: Relevant Institutional capacities of Lao’s government enhanced • Capacity need assessment to identify capacity gaps to strengthen institutional

involvement in the INDC process;

• Design of training packages to inform on the information required for the INDC as well as the data needs to ensure the necessary technical basis.

2: Identification and review of mitigation measures and adaptation options for INDC • Development of policy advice paper to address how mitigation can help

achieve non-climate benefits in additional to GHG resection benefits;

• Identify/development of strategies for domestic visibility for adaptation planning, action and needs, including development of addition measure action plans, recommendation for adaptation planning process improvement, and dissemination workshop.

Key Activities for implementing Lao PDR INDC (Cont.,)

3: Relevant government sectors trained in the context of the INDC and COP-21 related issues • Consultation workshops to increase awareness on INDC, its implementation plan and

M&E framework, as well as disaster and climate change law

• Translation of INDC to local languages, organized dissemination events and development of communication materials to increase awareness of the INDC across sectors at national and local levels.

• Capacity need assessment to identify capacity gaps including gender sensitivities to strengthen institutional involvement in the INDC process

4: Identification of INDC priorities and development of implementation plans and monitoring of implementation • Assess the existing institutional activities that inline with the implementation of the

INDC and recommendations for government agencies for the establishment of the INDC coordination mechanism.

• Stakeholder consultation workshop to facilitate the establishment of the INDC Coordination mechanism to develop the INDC implementation plan and join resources.

• Strengthening of national institutional frameworks for INDC implementation - e.g. policy development, tools developments.

Way Forward

• Capacity Building on the accessing to the GCF, Adaptation Fund and etc.,

• Continue drafting on Disaster and Climate Change Law and submit to the

National Assembly for endorsement by the end of 2017;

• Mobilize and implement the National Strategy on Climate Change (2010);

• Mobilize the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and develop long term plan;

• Establish Climate Model and Evaluate the impact on the forest and water

sector for short and long period;

• To ensure the UNFCCC, KP and PA implementation The Ministry of Natural

Resources and Environment (MONRE) will continue to collaborate with line

ministries on implementing the focused activities as follow:

1. Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism continue disseminate on climate

change, National Determined Contribution (NDC) and Paris Agreement to

entire people aiming at educating them and culturing awareness;

Way Forward (Cont.,)

2. Ministry of Education and Sports continue to evaluate and develop the

climate change curriculums of the nursery school, basic education, and

university (both Bachelor and Master Degree) as appropriate;

3. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry increase capacity of irrigation system to

enable water supply throughout the year and continue research on resilient

crop seeds include crop and animal diseases restrain measures;

4. Ministry of Health continue to monitor the climate change situation impact

on health, avoid and restrain the vector born diseases from flood and

drought;

5. Ministry of Public Works and Transport increase re-inspection on building

construction, housing, urban planning, road network more resilient to the

climate change such as flood, drought by issued regulation; improve

measures on solid waste management for reducing greenhouse gas

emission and health impact;

Way Forward (Cont.,)

6. Ministry of Energy and Mines summarize the Renewable Energy

Development Strategy implementation to ensure implement the Paris

Agreement;

7. Ministry of National Defense integrated disaster and climate change into the

military curriculum;

8. Ministry of Foreign Affairs continue monitor and participate with MONRE for

evaluating the conventions and Paris Agreement implementation;

9. Line Ministries such as MAF, MEM, MPWT, MOH and MONRE will revise

strategies, action plans and projects related to climate change for combining

into Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by focused on fund access for

implementing its instrument of contribution effectiveness and timely

manner.

Thank you for your kind attention

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